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Chomérac

Ardèche · CA Privas Centre Ardèche · INSEE 07066

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 43.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chomérac (INSEE 07066) is in Ardèche (07), part of CA Privas Centre Ardèche. Population 3,183 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/07066-chomerac

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 6,781 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.26256.56
Social0.43208.53
Education0.39103.93
Health0.37103.74
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend0.88108.8
Housing mix0.954.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 2 of 3
Lodging 0 of 2
One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (NEBOIS SALEL). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CODISUD · VIVAL). [3,4]

4 × Restaurant (AU JARDIN DE SOIE · CONFISERIE LES 3 L · LA TAVERNE · SAS MALT & PIZZA). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DES COLONNES). [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PAUL VINCENZINI). [3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB P VINCENSINI · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE PRESENTATION DE MARIE). [3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MORGANE LECLERCQ, MÉDECIN · JULIEN MARECHAL, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER JUGNET, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHOMERAC AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DU TRIOLET). [3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL SUD RHONE ALPES). [3]

5 × Hairdresser (VALERIE COIFFURE · COIFFURE SOPHIE · SARL UN HAIR ZEN · L'ATELIER COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket. [4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2NEBOIS SALELINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2CODISUD · VIVALINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant4AU JARDIN DE SOIE · CONFISERIE LES 3 L · LA TAVERNE · SAS MALT & PIZZAINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar1CAFE DES COLONNESINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PAUL VINCENZINIINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB P VINCENSINI · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE PRESENTATION DE MARIEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3MORGANE LECLERCQ, MÉDECIN · JULIEN MARECHAL, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER JUGNET, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1CHOMERAC APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1GYMNASE DU TRIOLETINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank2CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL SUD RHONE ALPESINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser5VALERIE COIFFURE · COIFFURE SOPHIE · SARL UN HAIR ZEN · L'ATELIER COIFFUREINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday matin place du Bosquet. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,702 2023: 3,183 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,938 (2012) → 3,183 (2023): 8.3 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 2,306 (1990) → 3,183 (2023): 38 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,692, of which 5.1 % second homes and 8 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPharmacy — 5.5 km W (Privas)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 5.5 km W Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Chomérac): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Chomérac): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Chomérac): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Privas): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Chomérac): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the CHOMERAC SA_RCE weather station, 1.4 km away at 216 m; the village itself is at 197 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at CHOMERAC SA_RCE, 1.4 km away at 216 m, over 23 summers. [11]

An average of 1,066 mm of rain a year, spread over 84 days — about 12.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CHOMERAC SA_RCE, 1.4 km away at 216 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07066/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-10— https://www.chomerac.fr/cadre-de-vie/le-marche/— “Un marché hebdomadaire a lieu chaque jeudi matin sur la place du Bosquet.”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07066/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07066/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07066/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07066
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07186
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lailly-en-Val45410 km NW3,10137.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 70 %
Marsilly17483 km NW3,17645Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux3884 km NE3,18640.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Cessieu38111 km NE3,25941.3Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Lespignan34199 km SW3,41442.5Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 21 %
Sérignan-du-Comtat8460 km S2,93952.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sérignan-du-Comtat8460 km S2,93952.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux3884 km NE3,18640.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Cessieu38111 km NE3,25941.3Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Lespignan34199 km SW3,41442.5Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 21 %
Lailly-en-Val45410 km NW3,10137.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 70 %
Marsilly17483 km NW3,17645Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Chomérac's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Jean-en-Royans2660 km NE2,87464.4ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Montmeyran2628 km NE2,96056Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Uze2655 km N2,13950.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Allex2621 km E2,69859.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Clérieux2647 km NE1,91045.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Malissard2632 km NE3,29443.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %